#A4A6AE#A4A6AE

#A4A6AE is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.012 H 274.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4A6AE
RGB	rgb(164, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(228, 6%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(228, 6%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 0.85, -4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 4.45, 281.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.001 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.012 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5846, 38.2208, 45.4861)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4A6AE #AEACA4

analogous

#A4ABAE #A4A6AE #A7A4AE

triadic

#A4A6AE #AEA4A6 #A6AEA4

tetradic

#A4A6AE #AEA4AB #AEACA4 #A4AEA7

square

#A4A6AE #AEA4AB #AEACA4 #A4AEA7

split-complementary

#A4A6AE #AEA7A4 #ABAEA4

monochromatic

#666872 #848691 #A4A6AE #C4C6CB #E5E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#A4A6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#A4A6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4A6AE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4A6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4A6AE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4a6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.012 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfc0c6',
    500: '#a4a6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4a6ae;
$custom-light: #bfc0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4a6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 5.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72601,
    "c": 0.01171,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4A6AE

secondary

#D9D8D5

accent

#845690

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#121213

muted

#818182

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4A6AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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